The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-07
THE TIDE TURNS.
Prominent Citizens Asking That tho An
'RrchiEts' Sentence be Commuted.

prominent Citizens Asking That tho Ans
%"nrchiEts' Sentence be Commutel.
CHlcAdo, Nov. 5.-Day after dsy the
names Of prominent citizens who have
been emphatic in their demand for tho In
Fiction Of the extreme, penalty OF the law
on the condemned Anarchists appear at
tached to petitions for Communication.
Among these the nRnes OF eminent mem
bsrs Of the bar and bsGoh attract the most
attention. Ex-senator Trumbull ssid
II am not taking IN active part In This
matter, but signed the petition because
| thought 1t best. I was not at all satis.
fed with the manner in which the trial OF
the Anarchists Wss conducted. 1t took
place at 3 time OF great public excitement,
whom it wGa shout impossible that they
should have fair and impartial trial. 4
terrible crime has been committed which
wa1 attributed to tho Anarchists, and in
como respects the trial had the appearance
Of a trial Of an organization known s9 An.
archists, rather. than OF peraons indicted
for tho murder Of Dsgan. Several ofthe
condemned were not ut the meeting here
tho bomb Sas thrown, Gnd noue Of them,
as underatand, ,wRg directly connected
With its throwing. The condemned claim,
however erroueously, to be the advocates
OF q principle, and to execute them would,
in my Judgment, bo bad policy. It will BIS
claimed for them that they were executed
az martyr1 to q Cause, while II put in
prison they will be forgotten" ~,
This Voices tho sentiments OF most OF the
eigners to petitions for communication,
NINA PLEADS IN VAIN. .,f.5
Friday night Nina Van z,udt and her
mother called on Captain Setback and
oflicers at the Chicago avenue station.
Mrs. Ysn zlndt exhibited petition to
Governor Qxlesby asking for Communication
Of tho sentence OF the Anarchists, and
asked the Captain to sign It.. She pleaded
With him for over 20 minuteu, Fbut tue
doughty police official declined to attach
his signature. y 5.l5sa,
Now that there seems to ba q stampede
In the direction OF the Communication oi the
sentence Of the convicted Anarchists, q
feeling akin to dismay has arisen among
the blus coats. A. veteran officer voiced
the general sentiment Of the force when
no eaid: 2S,gls}1 3. PEA y..5
II these men are allowed to triumph
ovGrthe law. through the meddlesome in
tervontion OF tho people, to save whose
lives and property We riaked our own on
that aT iul night oil!May 4, you 6nd, that
the police iofcs OF Chicago; will never
fight another battle with Chicago Anar-
chists: II is all very well to say that 1t is
a terrible thing to take asyen human lives,
but I say 1t 10 not more torrible than the
way in which they took the lives OF esven
OF our boys and manned O dozsn Of them
that May evening. But l suppose the lie
9t a pollca officer Ia as nothing when
weighed against tha! OF en- Anarchist. I
suppose 1t ia our duty 10 be butolefed il
defense Of the community and receive no
protection from thst community T tell
you II they escape the: gallows the doc
trines Of Anarchy will be preached 80 elo-
4uently thst those who took part in OBJ.
tanning ths communication will live to rue
the day they did so." / 8 '7t;sis ~. !.
An extraordinary, communication, sign
ed by:spies, schwab and Fielden, diss.
yowing "aggreaaivo iorco" and deploring
she loss Of lie at ths Haymarket, was
given out last Night jos publication. It is
addressed to him With the formal petition
for clomorcy. The guarded wording OF
the document is as notable as It's matter,
as this IL tho frat expression Of its kind
the condemned Anarchists have made.
contentd. Gs .il555{..i II.
| ~ THE EGOVERNOR,S G nIAJr.; N,